CHAPTER 1656: CHAPTER 1650: HOW COULD I NOT SAVE YOU?

Its thick arms hung powerlessly, but its white pupils were fixedly staring at the two people close by. The only emotion in its eyes was unwillingness. It couldn’t kill the two people in front of it, nor did it have the strength to make the roar that zombies could make. It could only watch with its eyes.

"What’s going on?" The two were stunned watching the fake officer suddenly kneel before them. No matter how hard they racked their brains, they couldn’t figure out why this guy was kneeling.

However, such opportunities were something they wished to happen more often. They dared not waste it and quickly retreated to distance themselves from the opponent.

"No, what’s going on here?"

Ghost Head, watching from upstairs, was also puzzled. Although this fake officer suddenly appeared in such a situation, everyone was afraid to relax their vigilance for days. His hand gripped Tianguang stiffly, the gun aimed directly at the fake officer’s head. Even though he knew Tianguang’s power couldn’t cause optimistic damage to the opponent, this action seemed to provide some sense of security to the two.

They dared not move around. As they would say, they seemed to be in a wild forest, coincidentally facing a fierce tiger!

Yes, the fierce tiger was this fake officer suddenly kneeling before them. The more this happened, the calmer they had to remain. They were afraid; afraid that if they turned to run, this hungry "tiger" would suddenly pounce and kill them in one blow.

But seeing the opponent kneeling without any movement indeed made the two increasingly tense. Nobody knew what this guy would do in the next second!

Fortunately, this situation didn’t last long. Finally, something else happened to the kneeling guy in front of them. His flesh began to swell further, then reached the limits of his skin’s endurance as the skin and flesh started to tear. His chest was pounding, as if his powerful heart was about to burst out of his skin!

"This is..."

The two couldn’t understand what this fake officer was doing but dared not move, becoming even more vigilant. Within moments, the opponent’s body had grown about two meters taller. At this time, chunks of flesh squeezed out from the skin, followed by a fountain-like spray of dark green viscous liquid from the torn wounds, splattering the two standing in front of him!

"Damn!" The two retreated hurriedly. The next second, with a "bang," when they turned back to look, the fake officer’s body had exploded, flesh flying everywhere.

"Uh..."

Brother Shi and Wu Zhixiong exchanged a glance, daring to walk a bit closer. At this moment, the fake officer was left with only the lower half of his body; the upper body was destroyed in the explosion beyond recognition.

Wu Zhixiong used the muzzle of his Tianguang rifle to poke the lower half of the body twice, without response. They exchanged a glance again; did this mean the terrifying guy was...dead?

The two were a bit incredulous, but after experimentally poking twice and confirming the fake officer showed no sign of movement, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ah...whew..."

Despite being utterly confused about the situation, no matter what, it was the best outcome. At least they weren’t dying at the hands of this guy.

The two indeed relaxed, but the situation in Sanctuary City could not allow them to relax for long. After exhaling, they realized the corpse roars filling their ears. They couldn’t forget the defense shield had been opened, and possibly over a million zombies were frantically flooding into Sanctuary City, all Level 4 and above evolved zombies. If they were unlucky enough to encounter any zombie, disaster awaited them.

Realizing this, Brother Shi hurriedly ran toward the building where Ghost Head was located. Wu Zhixiong glanced toward the defense wall area, hesitated, and looked at Brother Shi’s back strangely, but still followed.

"Are you okay?" Arriving next to Ghost Head, Brother Shi asked with concern.

"You said it, it hurts like hell."

"Ouch, ouch!"

When speaking, Ghost Head accidentally moved his arm. The pain emanating from the bone made him take a deep breath, the piercing pain giving him the feeling that if he stood up, he would undoubtedly die on the spot!

Given the current urgent situation, Brother Shi didn’t bother to care about how much pain Ghost Head was in. He only knew that if they didn’t run and got surrounded by the zombie tide, they would truly be unable to escape!

Thinking this, Brother Shi grabbed Ghost Head’s head and lifted him onto his back, causing Ghost Head to let out a world-shattering scream.

"Ouch... Ouch, damn! Go easy, go easy, ouch!"

With Wu Zhixiong’s help, Brother Shi managed to carry Ghost Head on his back. As his four limbs relaxed, the pain slowly subsided, and Ghost Head finally had the strength to speak.

"Ah... it hurts like hell... ouch. To be honest, I thought you wouldn’t save me, that you’d run off by yourself." Ghost Head said.

"How could I not save you?"

Brother Shi replied rather irritably to his words but didn’t notice the increasingly strange look in Wu Zhixiong’s eyes. Even Ghost Head, being carried on his back, fell silent. After countless escapes from life-and-death situations, they inadvertently built a deep friendship. Ghost Head finally realized it, but Brother Shi hadn’t noticed it yet.

Thoughts flew in Ghost Head’s eyes. He felt touched, wanting to say something, but when the words came out, it became: "I think we’ll look back on these past few days when we’re old."

"Hahaha!"

Brother Shi laughed but didn’t laugh aloud. However, Wu Zhixiong behind him couldn’t help but laugh, perhaps genuinely amused by Ghost Head’s remark.

The hurried Brother Shi, carrying Ghost Head, and Wu Zhixiong rushed to the second floor, directly smashed through a room’s floor-to-ceiling window, and jumped out. Outside, the battle was growing increasingly intense; the roaring "boom" of explosions and countless zombies’ growls and roars constantly echoed. After jumping down, the defense wall direction saw a tall building collapse under heavy artillery fire, crashing down amidst horrified gazes and severing surrounding four or five constructions.

"We need to hurry."

"That way?"

"...Let’s go to the supreme command. There should still be some mechs over there. We’ll go there to operate them." Wu Zhixiong thought for a moment and pointed to the center of Sanctuary City.

"Operate mechs... do you know how?"

"I know, I know a bit, but it should be fine, right..." Wu Zhixiong was somewhat unsure, not knowing whether he would be smooth in operating the mech.

"You seem unreliable..."

"Do we have a choice?"

"Alright." Shaking his head, Brother Shi realized they could only follow Wu Zhixiong, this veteran now.

As time passed, the zombie’s roars became more frequent, as did the incessant sound of laser weapons firing in battle. The remains of the defense wall were completely occupied by zombies, akin to ferocious wolves, howling at the cold moon amid bright daylight, continuously triggering people’s nerves!